Patents by Inventor Nancy E. Brown
Nancy E. Brown has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11865820Abstract: A reinforcing layer for a cementitious board includes an alkali-resistant fabric and a non-porous membrane. The cementitious board includes (a) a cementitious core; and (b) the reinforcing layer disposed on at least one face of the cementitious core, the reinforcing layer including the alkali-resistant fabric and the non-porous membrane.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN ADFORS CANADA, LTD.Inventors: Nancy E. Brown, Matthew S. Goldhawk, Zhenpeng Li, Olivier Rosseler
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Patent number: 11753335Abstract: A method of making a glass mat includes providing an assembly of glass fibers, applying a binder composition to the assembly of glass fibers, wherein the binder includes an organic resin, and curing the binder composition while dimensionally constraining the assembly of glass fibers. Dimensional constraining includes directly contacting a first major surface and a second major surface of the assembly of glass fibers between two substantially parallel surfaces. Further provided is a glass mat that includes an assembly of glass fibers, wherein the assembly of glass fibers are substantially randomly oriented with a tensile anisotropy of less than about 6 in any two directions. The glass mat has a decreased surface roughness and a decreased caliper compared to an equivalent glass mat having an assembly of naturally packed glass fibers with an equivalent fiber diameter size.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN ADFORS CANADA, LTD.Inventors: Jeffrey H. Peet, Nancy E. Brown, Tao Yu, Gary Charles Hildreth
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Patent number: 11422046Abstract: A sensing textile includes at least one assembly of optical fiber filaments, wherein the sensing textile has a main direction and a cross direction, and wherein the at least one assembly of optical fiber filaments is oriented at any angle measured relative to the cross direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN ADFORS CANADA, LTD., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSInventors: Nancy E. Brown, Sahas Rathi, Tzuyang Yu, Xingwei Wang, Pradeep Kurup, Jackson A. Ivey
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Publication number: 20220243391Abstract: A fiber mat includes an assembly of fibers including a minority portion including a set of polymer fibers and a majority portion including a set of fibers different than the minority portion, wherein the minority portion is a plane parallel to a plane of the majority portion of the assembly of fibers; and a binder including an organic resin, wherein an air permeability of said fiber mat is not substantially different from an equivalent weight fiber mat containing a homogenous mat structure and wherein the fiber mat provides at least a 5% increase in tear when placed in a bituminous roofing product compared to an equivalent bituminous roofing product made with the equivalent weight fiber mat containing the homogenous mat structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Matthew Gacek, Nancy E. Brown, Jeffrey H. Peet, Lucas Giardella, Tao Yu
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Patent number: 11332881Abstract: A fiber mat includes an assembly of fibers including a minority portion including a set of polymer fibers and a majority portion including a set of fibers different than the minority portion, wherein the minority portion is a plane parallel to a plane of the majority portion of the assembly of fibers; and a binder including an organic resin, wherein an air permeability of said fiber mat is not substantially different from an equivalent weight fiber mat containing a homogenous mat structure and wherein the fiber mat provides at least a 5% increase in tear when placed in a bituminous roofing product compared to an equivalent bituminous roofing product made with the equivalent weight fiber mat containing the homogenous mat structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: CERTAINTEED LLCInventors: Matthew Gacek, Nancy E. Brown, Jeffrey H. Peet, Lucas Giardella, Tao Yu
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Patent number: 11261602Abstract: A fiber mat includes a unitary assembly of fibers including at least a first set of fibers and at least a first binder comprising an organic resin, wherein the unitary assembly of fibers includes a minority portion and a majority portion different than the minority portion, wherein the fiber mat provides at least a 5% increase in tear when placed in a bituminous roofing product compared to an equivalent bituminous roofing product made with a fiber mat of equivalent weight containing a homogenous mat structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: CRETAINTEED LLCInventors: Nancy E. Brown, Matthew Gacek, Tao Yu
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Publication number: 20210181045Abstract: A sensing textile includes at least one assembly of optical fiber filaments, wherein the sensing textile has a main direction and a cross direction, and wherein the at least one assembly of optical fiber filaments is oriented at any angle measured relative to the cross direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Nancy E. Brown, Sahas Rathi, Tzuyang Yu, Xingwei Wang, Pradeep Kurup, Jackson A. Ivey
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Patent number: 10995032Abstract: A method of making a glass mat includes providing an assembly of glass fibers, applying a binder composition to the assembly of glass fibers, wherein the binder includes an organic resin, and curing the binder composition while dimensionally constraining the assembly of glass fibers. Dimensional constraining includes directly contacting a first major surface and a second major surface of the assembly of glass fibers between two substantially parallel surfaces. Further provided is a glass mat that includes an assembly of glass fibers, wherein the assembly of glass fibers are substantially randomly oriented with a tensile anisotropy of less than about 6 in any two directions. The glass mat has a decreased surface roughness and a decreased caliper compared to an equivalent glass mat having an assembly of naturally packed glass fibers with an equivalent fiber diameter size.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN ADFORS CANADA, LTD.Inventors: Jeffrey H. Peet, Nancy E. Brown, Tao Yu, Gary Charles Hildreth
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Patent number: 10969283Abstract: A sensing textile includes at least one assembly of optical fiber filaments, wherein the sensing textile has a main direction and a cross direction, and wherein the at least one assembly of optical fiber filaments is oriented at any angle measured relative to the cross direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignees: SAINT-GOBAIN ADFORS CANADA, LTD., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSInventors: Nancy E. Brown, Sahas Rathi, Tzuyang Yu, Xingwei Wang, Pradeep Kurup, Jackson A. Ivey
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Publication number: 20200223751Abstract: A method of making a glass mat includes providing an assembly of glass fibers, applying a binder composition to the assembly of glass fibers, wherein the binder includes an organic resin, and curing the binder composition while dimensionally constraining the assembly of glass fibers. Dimensional constraining includes directly contacting a first major surface and a second major surface of the assembly of glass fibers between two substantially parallel surfaces. Further provided is a glass mat that includes an assembly of glass fibers, wherein the assembly of glass fibers are substantially randomly oriented with a tensile anisotropy of less than about 6 in any two directions. The glass mat has a decreased surface roughness and a decreased caliper compared to an equivalent glass mat having an assembly of naturally packed glass fibers with an equivalent fiber diameter size.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2020Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Jeffrey H. PEET, Nancy E. BROWN, Tao YU, Gary Charles HILDRETH
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Patent number: 10584059Abstract: A method of making a glass mat includes providing an assembly of glass fibers, applying a binder composition to the assembly of glass fibers, wherein the binder includes an organic resin, and curing the binder composition while dimensionally constraining the assembly of glass fibers. Dimensional constraining includes directly contacting a first major surface and a second major surface of the assembly of glass fibers between two substantially parallel surfaces. Further provided is a glass mat that includes an assembly of glass fibers, wherein the assembly of glass fibers are substantially randomly oriented with a tensile anisotropy of less than about 6 in any two directions. The glass mat has a decreased surface roughness and a decreased caliper compared to an equivalent glass mat having an assembly of naturally packed glass fibers with an equivalent fiber diameter size.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN ADFORS CANADA, LTD.Inventors: Jeffrey H. Peet, Nancy E. Brown, Tao Yu, Gary Charles Hildreth
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Publication number: 20190229222Abstract: A textile includes a flexible substrate and a photovoltaic tape adjacent to the flexible substrate. The textile may have at least one of the following properties: a power to weight ratio of at least 10 Watts per pound, a total weight to surface area of not greater than 500 grams/square-meters, and an interconnect located at an end of the photovoltaic tape. In an embodiment, the photovoltaic tape is rollable on a length of the photovoltaic tape. In an embodiment, the flexible substrate is foldable along a length contiguous to an outside edge of the photovoltaic tape.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Donald G. Parent, Sean L. Sweeney, Nancy E. Brown, Jackson A. Ivey, Sahas Rathi
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Publication number: 20190211500Abstract: A fiber mat includes an assembly of fibers including a minority portion including a set of polymer fibers and a majority portion including a set of fibers different than the minority portion, wherein the minority portion is a plane parallel to a plane of the majority portion of the assembly of fibers; and a binder including an organic resin, wherein an air permeability of said fiber mat is not substantially different from an equivalent weight fiber mat containing a homogenous mat structure and wherein the fiber mat provides at least a 5% increase in tear when placed in a bituminous roofing product compared to an equivalent bituminous roofing product made with the equivalent weight fiber mat containing the homogenous mat structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Matthew GACEK, Nancy E. BROWN, Jeffrey H. PEET, Lucas GIARDELLA, Tao YU
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Publication number: 20190193381Abstract: A reinforcing layer for a cementitious board includes an alkali-resistant fabric and a non-porous membrane. The cementitious board includes (a) a cementitious core; and (b) the reinforcing layer disposed on at least one face of the cementitious core, the reinforcing layer including the alkali-resistant fabric and the non-porous membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Nancy E. Brown, Matthew S. GOLDHAWK, Zhenpeng LI, Olivier ROSSELER
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Patent number: 10227477Abstract: A glass mat includes an assembly of glass fibers, a binder composition and an asphaltic coating. The binder composition includes an organic resin and an adhesion promoter. The glass mat has an at least 2% increase in tear strength as measured using the methods specified in ASTM D3462, compared to an asphaltic coated glass mat having a binder composition without the adhesion promoter. Further provided is an asphalt roofing product including the glass mat and a method of increasing tear strength in an asphalt roofing product.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN ADFORS CANADA, LTD.Inventors: Wayne R. Vliet, Missy R. Miller, Ronald L. Franklin, Jr., Charles G. Herbert, Nancy E. Brown, Fei Wang
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Publication number: 20180364115Abstract: A sensing textile includes at least one assembly of optical fiber filaments, wherein the sensing textile has a main direction and a cross direction, and wherein the at least one assembly of optical fiber filaments is oriented at any angle measured relative to the cross direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Nancy E. BROWN, Sahas Rathi, Tzuyang Yu, Xingwei Wang, Pradeep Kurup, Jackson A. Ivey
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Patent number: 10138592Abstract: A screen includes a mesh substrate having an openness of greater than 30% when viewed at 0° incidence, the mesh substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface, the first major surface including a first coating, the first major surface having a first reflectance value, wherein the first reflectance value has an average value of greater than about 10% as measured by an EN410 standard and a diffuse reflection profile at all viewing angles from ?89° to 89°, excluding an angle of direct illumination as measured by a scattering distribution function technique using a Goniometer, wherein the diffuse reflection profile provides a reduction in view through the mesh substrate when viewed from ?89° to 89°.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN ADFORS CANADA, LTD.Inventors: Sahas Rathi, Jia-Mei Soon, Jackson A. Ivey, Nancy E. Brown, Pascal Nael
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Publication number: 20180179758Abstract: A fiber mat includes a unitary assembly of fibers including at least a first set of fibers and at least a first binder comprising an organic resin, wherein the unitary assembly of fibers includes a minority portion and a majority portion different than the minority portion, wherein the fiber mat provides at least a 5% increase in tear when placed in a bituminous roofing product compared to an equivalent bituminous roofing product made with a fiber mat of equivalent weight containing a homogenous mat structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Nancy E. BROWN, Matthew Gacek, Tao Yu
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Publication number: 20180086666Abstract: A glass reinforcement for a cementitious board is provided. The glass reinforcement includes at least one glass fiber and a coating on the at least one glass fiber. The coating includes a polymer composition and an alkali scavenger, wherein the alkali scavenger includes an acid having a pKa of greater than about 3, wherein the acid is in a liquid state at 25° C. Further provided is a reinforcing cementitious board and a method of making a cementitious board.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Zhenpeng LI, Nancy E. Brown
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Publication number: 20170183480Abstract: A glass mat includes an assembly of glass fibers, a binder composition and an asphaltic coating. The binder composition includes an organic resin and an adhesion promoter. The glass mat has an at least 2% increase in tear strength as measured using the methods specified in ASTM D3462, compared to an asphaltic coated glass mat having a binder composition without the adhesion promoter. Further provided is an asphalt roofing product including the glass mat and a method of increasing tear strength in an asphalt roofing product.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Inventors: Wayne R. Vliet, Missy R. Miller, Ronald L. Franklin, JR., Charles G. Herbert, Nancy E. Brown, Fei Wang